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E36 (1991 - 1999) The E36 chassis 3-Series BMW was a huge hit among driving enthusiasts from the first moment the car hit the pavement. The E36 won numerous awards over the years it was produced and is still a favorite of many BMW enthusiasts to this day! -- View the E36 Wiki

Somewhere in the middle would be best. Your smoked corners are very dark, and your clear corners are very light. I'd smoke your clear corners to about half the darkness of your currently smoked corners.

How do you do that? Would it be better to sell the clears and buy some lightly smoked ones?

Holy smokes, you have a $100 deductible? Do you get into a lot of accidents?

At any rate, once the insurance company cuts the check for the repairs, you can buy an M3 bumper and fog lights from DDM for very little money. They're just as good of quality as OEM, but way less expensive, which means you'll get to pocket the rest.

Spent the day replacing the fuel filter, the sway bar bushings on the rear, and both CV axles on the 633. One of the two CV axles was way worse than I realized. The boot was torn and the joint was literally falling apart due to wear.

Tomorrow she goes to the alignment shop, then insurance office, and then the DMV for a tag. Eddie's ordering a vanity tag "84 E24".

Rear suspension is non-adjustable. There are kits available to make them adjustable, but it's a weld-in, and pretty complex/lot of work. I've done one. It uses the eccentric bolts and washers from a 5 series.

Some 6ers had automatic air-adjust suspensions. They eventually fail and everyone converts them to springs.

Well, I'm off toward Mobile to make the rounds of insurance, tag and alignment. Report to follow.

Holy smokes, you have a $100 deductible? Do you get into a lot of accidents?

At any rate, once the insurance company cuts the check for the repairs, you can buy an M3 bumper and fog lights from DDM for very little money. They're just as good of quality as OEM, but way less expensive, which means you'll get to pocket the rest.

No, I have no accidents or claims... The $100 is for comprehensive, an animal collision falls into that category.

I would have LOVED to get an M3 bumper out of it, but the body shop is an "approved" shop from my insurance company, and they deal directly with them. I never even see a check. If they do find damage to my bumper that cannot be fixed, they will replace it... then I will get the M3 bumper. (fingers crossed )

633 on the alignment rack....they wouldn't let us in the shop area. Best shot I could get was this one. Insured, titled and tagged, and alignment done. BIG difference in driveability. No more wandering around on uneven pavement.

I have $0 deductible comp on my cars. It's served me well, I'm unlucky with things happening to me.

I balance it out with a high collision deductible.

Yeah, I had assumed he was referring to a $100 collision deductible, which is super low and jacks up the monthly premiums. My collision deductible is $1k, but alas, I've never been in an accident because of my super powers.